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uricase Biochem.|ˈjʊərɪkeɪz|
[a. F. uricase (Battelli & Stern 1909, in Compt. Rend. des Séances & Mem. de la Soc. de Biol. LXVI. 412): see uric a. and -ase.]
An enzyme which promotes the conversion of uric acid into allantoin and is found in certain insects and most mammals other than primates.
1910Jrnl. Biol. Chem. VII. 172 If we limit the use of this term..to the oxidizing enzyme which produces allantoin and CO2 from uric acid, and appreciate there may possibly exist other enzymes which destroy uric acid.., we find that either the kidney or the liver of every animal investigated, except man..possesses uricase. 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Apr. 286/1 The preparation of soluble uricase from ox kidney. 1956Nature 31 Mar. 622/2 It was also possible to demonstrate the presence of the uricase enzyme in those fungi. 1977D. E. Metzler Biochem. xiv. 883/2 Injection of the uric acid-hydrolyzing enzyme uricase has been tested experimentally. |